Bigin by Zoho CRM vs. DirectLync

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Bigin by Zoho CRM
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
Bigin is a pipeline-centric CRM that is built and priced for small and micro businesses. Coming from the family of Zoho's customer relationship platform, Bigin is designed to help small businesses move away from spreadsheets and legacy sales tools to manage their customer relationships. The vendor presents its simple interface as easy to use even if for users who don't have a lot of CRM experience, with a feature set is flexible enough to fit any business model, priced for small business.
$9
per month
DirectLync
Score 9.8 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
DirectLync is an all-in-one marketing platform that is designed to help small businesses achieve their sales and marketing goals. The platform brings together contact management, email marketing, social media management, and website CMS into one platform. It provides integrated reporting for all channels saving marketers hours a week in time spent collecting and analyzing data from different sources. Integrated reporting easily enables marketers to get a comprehensive view of their campaigns.…
$20
Month
Pricing
Bigin by Zoho CRMDirectLync
Editions & Modules
Express
$9.00
per month per user
Premier
$15.00
per month
Basic
$20.00
Month
Essential
$99.00
Month
Pro
$249.00
Month
Premium
$599.00
Month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Bigin by Zoho CRMDirectLync
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details20% discount for annual pricing.
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Community Pulse
Bigin by Zoho CRMDirectLync
Top Pros
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Features
Bigin by Zoho CRMDirectLync
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
Bigin by Zoho CRM
8.0
7 Ratings
1% above category average
DirectLync
-
Ratings
Customer data management / contact management8.47 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow management7.67 Ratings00 Ratings
Opportunity management8.66 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)7.77 Ratings00 Ratings
Interaction tracking7.97 Ratings00 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
Bigin by Zoho CRM
7.0
7 Ratings
11% below category average
DirectLync
-
Ratings
Lead management7.97 Ratings00 Ratings
Email marketing6.17 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Bigin by Zoho CRM
6.8
7 Ratings
13% below category average
DirectLync
-
Ratings
Task management6.87 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Bigin by Zoho CRM
7.3
7 Ratings
6% below category average
DirectLync
-
Ratings
Pipeline visualization7.87 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable reports6.77 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Bigin by Zoho CRM
7.1
7 Ratings
9% below category average
DirectLync
-
Ratings
Custom fields7.17 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Bigin by Zoho CRM
8.4
7 Ratings
0% below category average
DirectLync
-
Ratings
Single sign-on capability8.75 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
Bigin by Zoho CRM
6.6
7 Ratings
12% below category average
DirectLync
-
Ratings
Social data6.47 Ratings00 Ratings
Social engagement6.77 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
Bigin by Zoho CRM
7.8
6 Ratings
5% above category average
DirectLync
-
Ratings
Marketing automation7.86 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Bigin by Zoho CRM
9.1
7 Ratings
18% above category average
DirectLync
-
Ratings
Mobile access9.17 Ratings00 Ratings
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Bigin by Zoho CRM
-
Ratings
DirectLync
8.5
1 Ratings
12% above category average
Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
List management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Bigin by Zoho CRMDirectLync
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(7 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
7.7
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.8
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Bigin by Zoho CRMDirectLync
Likelihood to Recommend
Zoho Corporation
Because Bigin by Zoho CRM focuses more on individualized customer interactions and join that result in relationship prospect growth and sales, it is a good fit for smaller companies of all stripes. It provides you with a taste of Zoho's mass CRM as well. The beginning of your CRM journey
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DirectLync
Girls PACT receives regular compliments on its website! The audience for our website is potential donors. DirectLync nailed it! The design is clean, modern, professional, user friendly, intuitive and really represents our brand. They gave us some great coaching and guidance as we were creating and preparing content. It was a really fun project!
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Pros
Zoho Corporation
  • Easy to use and operate as there are not "23 million" options, but still powerful.
  • Integrates with other Zoho products like Zoho Social, Campaigns and Forms.
  • Allows deals pipelines with fully customisable stages.
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DirectLync
  • DirectLync is knowledgeable in their field, which saves us time (and money).
  • They have a creative team onsite to answer questions promptly.
  • Regularly updating products and services to better serve its customers.
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Cons
Zoho Corporation
  • Making adjustments to some of the templates or template options are tough.
  • The ability to reach customer service can be challenging at time as it is mostly international support.
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DirectLync
  • Girls PACT is located in Los Angeles. Newsletters are scheduled for PST, yet distributed on EST. It’s an odd glitch and may be a user error.
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Usability
Zoho Corporation
A solid 8 from my perspective, a tool all small businesses should try out before venturing into the world of larger CRM solutions as this gives you the best entry point into the CRM solution world with ideas about all the modules that are required the most. It can be made a bit more intermediate user friendly by adding a bit more mass approach style features
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DirectLync
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Support Rating
Zoho Corporation
Support team is much knowledgeable and was user friendly. Every querry put before them was resolved in the required time frame.
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DirectLync
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Zoho Corporation
Bigin by Zoho CRM captures opportunities, and gives the company ways to tap and work towards making them more effective. Also, Bigin integrates/connect with the customers emails, making it friendly or simple to communicate with them immediately. Bigin introduced the single sign on procedure, which boosts the security of the entire system and ensure no attacks in any form.
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DirectLync
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Return on Investment
Zoho Corporation
  • The lead conversion right from prospects to revenue generation has increased in our organization.
  • Previously the conversion rate was around 40%, now the efficiency has increased.
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DirectLync
  • DirectLync has saved our marketing budget thousands of dollars! They have been so generous supporting the marketing needs of Girls PACT, a nonprofit organization.
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